-----Original Message----- From: Jenny M Benson Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 10:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering Locations/Places
On 18/11/2010 09:34, Mike Fry wrote: > I set my Registration Districts up according to a 3-part formula > > e.g. "RD: Walsingham, Norfolk, England" where RD is part of the name in > order to > distinguish between this area and the village of the same name. The > short-form > can simply be set to "Walsingham (RD)", with no need for the County or > Country. > Up to now I have used "Walsingham Registration District" for the long location name and "Walsingham RD" for the short one. A while ago I did think it would be useful to add the county names, but I realised that many RDs overlap counties so it would not always be accurate. One example: I have people who were undoubtedly born in Derbyshire but their births are actually registered in Burton-on-Trent. Burton-on-Trent itself is in Staffordshire but the Registration District spans both counties. I decided not to complicate the issue with counties! -- Jenny M Benson Jenny, I agree that is a difficult one, to which I have no answer! Personally, I do include the county from which the Registration District's name is located, but for the reason you give it is not entirely satisfactory. I think that this is one of those cases where one's individual choice comes into play. However, I would think that this is a situation which would rarely occur, since if, using your example, you know a place of birth to be in Derbyshire in the Registration District of Burton on Trent, Staffordshire then wouldn't one normally enter place of birth as being Derbyshire? I would do this, and since the arrival of Source Writer the RD would be included in my source (previously in my Notes). The only occasions when I would use the RD as a place of birth would be when I have no other information, only the Birth Index. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
